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Roads Improvement for Poverty Alleviation in China

In China, rural road improvements have been integrated with major highway projects, implemented with World Bank assistance, during 1995-98. These improvements were called, "Roads Improvement for Poverty Alleviation (RIPA)," and were linke...

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Main Authors:	Hajj, Hatim, Pendakur, V. Setty
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS ROADS ACCESSIBILITY ADB AGRICULTURE ALL WEATHER ROADS BASIC ACCESS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BORROWING COUNTRIES CAPITAL FORMATION COMPARATIVE COSTS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK COST EFFECTIVENESS COST SAVINGS DEPRIVATION TRAP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DRAINAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FRAMEWORK HEALTH CARE HIGHWAY PROJECTS HIGHWAYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVED ACCESS INCOME INCREASED ACCESS LONG TERM MOBILITY MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLES MOTORIZED TRANSPORT NMT PASSENGER PASSENGER CAR UNIT PEDESTRIANS POOR AREAS POOR COMMUNITIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES POVERTY LINES POVERTY REDUCTION PROCESS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RIGHTS OF WAY ROAD CLASSIFICATION ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SURFACE ROAD SYSTEMS ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT SAFETY SHARING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL SERVICES STANDARDS OF LIVING SURFACING TERRAIN TRAFFIC TRAFFIC PATTERNS TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIMES TRIPS URBAN POOR VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS WAGES WILLINGNESS TO PAY ROADS ECONOMIC ASPECTS ROADSIDE IMPROVEMENT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES SCREENING ROAD SURFACES ROAD PLANNING MONITORING ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ROAD MAINTENANCE ACCESSIBLE SERVICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/729177/roads-improvement-poverty-alleviation-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17402